The final final word

[Berry, Mark]

This whole conversation is ridiculous. KG uses bad words and yells at
teammates. He playfully showers powder on Mike Gorman. Other than being
a blatant rip off of MJ, who cares? 

The guy is a great player and an even better team leader. There hasn't
been a bad word uttered about him by anyone -- other than, of course,
Egg's "sources." He practices and plays harder than anyone in the league
and demands that of his teammates. If he raises his voice or uses an
F-bomb to deliver the message, who cares? News flash: This isn't a law
firm or a doctor's office or an elementary school. These guys use some
salty language. They yell at each other. It happens.

I'm sorry, but I can't believe this has gone on this long. Let's talk
about Rajon Rondo developing a jump shot. Let's talk about Big Baby
taking on a bigger role. Let's talk about wrenching the ball out of
Pierce's hands at the ends of quarters and games. Let's talk about KG
being too willing to give up the ball in crunch time. Let's talk about
Ray Allen's shooting woes and whether or not they're age-related. 

Let's talk about anything other than KG using bad words and OBVIOUSLY
playing around with Mike Gorman (and Mike playing right along).

Mark 

-----Original Message-----
From: celtics-bounces at igtc.com [mailto:celtics-bounces at igtc.com] On
Behalf Of Kestutis Kveraga Adv04
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 10:44 AM
To: celtics at igtc.com
Subject: Re: The final final word

--- You wrote:
> It's interesting, albeit logical, that to the majority of fans the
> bottom line and maybe only line is how effective these players
> are on the court, field, rink, etc.   If most NFL teams could obtain
> Michael Vick tomorrow, their fans would likely applaud.
--- end of quote ---

Not to belabor the obvious,  but the only thing an athlete can be guilty
of in
America is not being successful in his sport. 

Look at the abuse heaped on Veal on this list (with me as a major
contributor in
this as well) because he sucks on the court. Yet I'm guessing he's a
pretty
decent person and probably someone who could hold up his end of a
conversation
outside of basketball topics. 

With KG, I'm trying to understand something - is he abusive in the MJ
mold, such
as having most of his teammates in fear of his sarcastic and crude
comments,
something worse, something bettter, different? 
Kestas

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